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“As a professional, I think we're not being judged solely on technical ability anymore. People really want to be entertained and enjoy what they're watching.”

People Thinking Want Enjoy Ability Judged Being Judged

Author:Kristi Yamaguchi

“I don't mind the sparkle - I think it's kind of a tradition in skating. I don't think the men really need sparkles, but for the women it's part of the glamour of our sport.”

Thinking Men Needs Mind Kind Sports He Man Tradition Glamour Skating Sparkle

Author:Kristi Yamaguchi

“I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.”

Thinking Facts Influence Enormous

Author:La Monte Young

“I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.”

Thinking Pain Scared

Author:Loretta Young

“I require every Taipei student to swim; if they can't pass the test they won't graduate. Why do I do that? Because I think that is very, very important integral part of their education.”

Ifs Thinking Important Students Tests Swim Graduates

Author:Ma Ying-jeou

“People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.”

People Thinking World Should Voice Behinds Talking Rights Reaching Womens Rights Resonating Malala

Author:Malala Yousafzai

“And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Looks Sometimes Reason Objects Shapes Reason Why Criticize

Author:Minoru Yamasaki

“If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.”

Ifs Thinking Has Beens Artist Influence Direct Architecture Mechanic Japanese Architecture

Author:Minoru Yamasaki

“I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.”

Thinking World Should China Great Work Outstanding

Author:Mo Yan

“I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have free will but have not invented their circumstances.”

People Thinking World May Remember Circumstances Free Will Autonomy

Author:Thomas Frank

“Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.”

Thinking Difficult Understanding Circumstances Profound Difficult Circumstances

Author:Mo Yan

“I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.”

Thinking Knows World Writing Littles Stories Today Heard Around The World Urges Peasants Puzzled Irrepressible

Author:Mo Yan

“You know what, I don't really watch a lot of cooking shows, but what's great about them is that it inspires a lot of the younger generation so, you know, with cooking shows and reality shows and the social media, I think it really makes our industry a hotter industry.”

Thinking Knows Shows Reality Social Watches Generations Media Inspire Industry Cooking Social Media Reality Shows Younger Generation Hotter Cooking Shows

Author:Roy Yamaguchi

“I don't particularly think marriage is a sane thing.”

Thinking Sane

Author:Sean Young

“I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.”

“People have got to get used to making low carbon choices. If they have a direct incentive to do so they will think about it. Many times a day you have a choice between a low carbon option and a high carbon option, whether it is at home or at work.”

People Ifs Thinking Home Used Choices Lows Direct Carbon Incentives

Author:Tim Yeo

“I think a lot of people get in trouble with the law.”

People Thinking Law Trouble

Author:Tony Yayo

“I actually did an Agatha Christie monologue for my audition showcase at Guildhall, and that's how I got my agent. Some people said 'ooh it's old hat' and 'too risky'. Some people think she's all about the narrative and thriller aspect at the expense of character and I disagree. I did it anyway and it worked well.”

People Thinking Wells Said Character Aspect Agents Narrative Hats Expenses Disagree Auditions Thrillers Monologues Christie Showcase

Author:Thomas Howes

“That's what I think works the best, and what I think makes the best comedy - something that's completely committed and more approached as an acting exercise, as opposed to being worried about whether to be funny or not. The comedy comes from the context.”

Thinking Acting Comedy Exercise Committed Worried Best Comedy

Author:Will Ferrell

“I don't really think in absolutes.”

Thinking Absolutes

Author:Will Ferrell

“Black, white, yellow, brown - we wanted somebody who would do right by us. And I think because Obama was that person, whether he was black or white, he was chosen”

Thinking Persons Wanted Black White Chosen Brown Yellow Black Or White Black White

Author:Will Ferrell

“I think it just came with me evolving as a person and me understanding that it's not right to judge or to say anything derogatory about other people, especially if I don't know them.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Persons Understanding Judging Evolve Say Anything Derogatory

Author:Will Ferrell

“I think whatever an artist does, it just has to be quality and good. I think the way Kanye's doing what he's doing with the Auto-Tune is actually creative because he just writes good melodies. He just writes good songs. He's just gifted.”

Thinking Way Writing Doe Artist Song Quality Creative Tunes Melody Gifted Auto Tune

Author:Will Ferrell

“Massive inequality, we have learned, isn't the best way to run an economy after all. And when you think about it, it's also profoundly ugly.”

Thinking Way Running Economy Ugly Best Way Inequality Massive

Author:Thomas Frank

“I think Mitt Romney has demonstrated repeatedly he has a penchant for - for secrecy, doesn't seem to have any interest in actually showing the American people his - his finances, decision - important decisions about his investments, refuses to come clean on his time at Bain Capital and when he was really there, and, you know, be held accountable for the outsourcing of jobs and the off-shoring of jobs and shipping jobs overseas.”

People Thinking Knows Important Seems Jobs Interest Decision Clean Investment Refuse Finance Secrecy Romney Important Decisions Shipping Outsourcing

Author:Mitt Romney

“I think that idea of being far away from the people that you love is something that everyone can relate to.”

People Thinking Ideas Love Is Relate Far Away

Author:Duncan Jones

“Obviously, there's a big homage to Outland in Moon. I obviously had Ridley Scott's response, which was great. But Peter Hyams really loved Moon and was really enthusiastic about it. He was also enthusiastic about the fact we'd remembered Outland and had remembered it fondly. I think, for him, it was like some kind of edification that there were people out there who loved his film. So, that was a really lovely feeling.”

People Thinking Kind Facts Feelings Bigs Film Moon Response Lovely Remembered Peter Enthusiastic Homage Edification

Author:Duncan Jones

“I think phone cases will always be novelties, but there's always so many interesting phone cases I like phone cases and I think the sillier the better - but this is a cool take on it.”

Thinking Interesting Cases Phones Novelty

Author:Skrillex

“People said to me, "You know, when you record a special, you're going to regret it. The one thing you'll regret because you're a comic is you'll think of better tags."”

People Thinking Knows Said Records One Thing Special Regret Comic Tag Special You

Author:Jen Kirkman

“Most of my songs are pretty sketchy. There's not a lot of bass sections. I don't write big bridges. Sometimes I'll try. But it's hard for me to focus that way, because I always think it's more interesting to just see what will happen next.”

Thinking Way Writing Trying Sometimes Hard Bigs Happens Song Next Interesting Focus Bridges Sections Bass Sketchy

Author:Ryan Adams

“I'm never argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, I don't think. And more than ever, I've had to be willing to fight just to get records released, or just to be able to walk away with a little bit of self-respect and pride.”

Thinking Littles Self Able Fighting Bits Walks Records Willing Pride Little Bit Sake Self Respect

Author:Ryan Adams

“Being a rock musician is already like ego-tripping hardcore. You're self-consumed, and you're always thinking. It's really easy to say, "I'm going to write a song about this situation, and when I'm done, everyone will care." To everybody else, that's ego-tripping.”

Thinking Writing Self Done Care Song Easy Situation Rocks Ego Musician Consumed Rock Music Hardcore Always Thinking Tripping Rock Musicians

Author:Ryan Adams

“There's also something happening in television similar to what happened in the '80s, when people stopped taking so many drugs and wanted to hear real instruments in music again. I think people want plot, story and characters. Those are more important than having a big star.”

People Thinking Want Important Real Character Stories Bigs Wanted Stars Happened Television Drug Happenings Instruments Plot 80s

Author:Jessica Pare

“I think people with anxiety do different things during different years, and for me, I waded through my anxiety during the last two years with men, and flirting, and dating, and this thing and that thing, and so that's going to stop, and that has stopped.”

People Thinking Years Different Anxiety Different Things

Author:Jen Kirkman

“I have some pretty wonderful friendships, so that's been really good for me. In the past year, I've really worked on that. I think when I was married, I let my friendships go. I think people thought, "Oh, because she's married now, she's so happy all the time." But I really was just isolated in my house.”

People Thinking Years Past House Wonderful Married Isolated My Friendship Wonderful Friendship

Author:Jen Kirkman

“I don't know if I don't believe in monogamy. I think I do believe in it depending on the person or situation or something.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Believe Persons Situation Don't Believe Monogamy

Author:Jen Kirkman

“I think that, for me, my favorite thing to do is perform standup onstage. Everything else I do is for the exposure to do more stand-up onstage, and for the money, and for the health insurance.”

Thinking My Favorite Things To Do Exposure Favorites Things

Author:Jen Kirkman

“I'm tired of explaining to Hollywood that people would laugh at me, because I go around America making them laugh every week. Nobody would be offended, nobody would think my leather pants are too controversial.”

People Thinking Would Be America Laughing Week Hollywood Tired Pants Offended Explaining Controversial Leather I'm Tired Leather Pants

Author:Jen Kirkman

“Some people think that, inevitably, every robot that does any task is a bad thing for the human race, because it could be taking a job away. But that isn't necessarily true. You can also think of the robot as making a person more productive and enabling people to do things that are currently economically infeasible. But a person plus a robot or a fleet of robots could do things that would be really useful.”

People Thinking Humans Persons Doe Would Be Jobs Race Tasks Human Race Productive Plus Bad Things Robots Enabling True You

Author:Stuart J. Russell

“I think it's very much a matter between Barbara Walters and ABC.”

Thinking Matter Barbara

Author:Tom Brokaw

“People do not like to have their favorite myths of idols challenged and as a rule I think that the public does not like bad news.”

People Thinking Doe News Myth Idols Bad News

Author:Tom Brokaw

“Washington tends to be full of too many traps. I think reporters there do a lot of attending news briefings and news conferences expecting to get the real news out of those relatively sterile environments. But you've got to deal with the obscure people as well as the names.”

People Thinking Wells Real Names Deals Environment News Expecting Traps Reporters Obscure Conferences Attending Briefing

Author:Tom Brokaw

“One thing I noticed when I was young was I was impatient for success. I think everybody is impatient for success. It will come. But don't - you shouldn't let that impatience drive you crazy.”

Thinking Young One Thing Crazy Impatient Impatience

Author:Greg Gutfeld

“I was trying to be appreciative for the education I had, for the sacrifices my parents made. I was very interested in perfect attendance, OK, and straight A's and, you know, dean's list, because those I think were worthwhile, you know, endeavors. And it was important to spend my time in that way and become well-rounded.”

Thinking Knows Way Trying Wells Made Important Parent Perfect Sacrifice Lists My Time Endeavor Worthwhile Dean Appreciative Well Rounded Attendance

Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle

“I think you know what? You've got to believe in yourself. You can do it.”

Thinking Knows Believe Can Do Believe In Yourself Believe In You You Can Do It

Author:Juan Williams

“I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.”

People Ifs Thinking Ends Worry Hell Five Too Much Thousand Ego Producers Marathon

Author:Andrew Niccol

“I lived in England for a long time, and even the English didn't think me as one of theirs. In America I'm not really accepted. In New Zealand now, I don't think they even think of me as a New Zealander.”

Thinking Long America Long Time England Accepted Think Of Me New Zealand

Author:Andrew Niccol

“You know a Senate race is obviously a much smaller deal than a presidential race. What I think makes a very hard job considerably easier when you're going to debate is if you have reminded yourself - or somebody has reminded you during the course of your campaign - that consistency is enormously important. That people don't want to hear you say one thing in one part of the state and another thing in another part of the state.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Important Hard States Jobs Courses Deals Race One Thing Easier Campaigns Debate Presidential Senate Consistency

Author:Michael Bennet

“I'm not a big fan of guitar face. You know, when someone's playing guitar, and they make this really embarrassing face, like they smush their lips together and... they look you in the eye and it's really humiliating. You know some people have that really embarrassing guitar face? I remember thinking about this when I was doing the DJing, because... you do have to focus, and that's what happens, it's your focus face. But you're in a movie, so you should probably lock it up.”

People Thinking Knows Should Looks Bigs Happens Eye Together Remember Faces Focus Fans Guitar Lips Locks Embarrassing Humiliating Playing Guitar

Author:Lucas Till

“With Southern actors you always think you're from the same place. Even if one is from Texas, one is from Georgia, you're like, "oh, you're just down the street, man."”

Ifs Thinking Men Actors Streets Texas Southern Georgia

Author:Lucas Till

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